kineme/datatools

Quartz Composer patches for manipulating data

Kineme DataTools

Kineme DataTools is a Quartz Composer plugin that provides patches for:

• Creating and manipulating structures (Structure Break-Out, Structure Combine, Structure Equal, Structure Key, Structure Pop, Structure Push, Structure Maker, Named Structure Maker)
• Sending data between unconnected patches (Spooky Send/Receive)
• Evaluating multiple math expressions in one patch (Multi-Expression)
• Capturing and replaying values, and saving them into the composition (Value Historian)
• Sampling values, and saving them into the composition (Sample and Hold)
• Converting Quartz Composer data types to and from raw bytes (Convert To Data, Convert From Data)
• Outputting a unique number for each instance of the patch (Order)

For more Quartz Composer plugins and compositions, plus community forums, go to kineme.net.

How to get it

Download or clone it from GitHub.

How to install it

1. Uninstall Kineme StructureTools, Kineme Value Historian, and Kineme Spooky if they are installed.
2. Install the QCPatch Xcode Template, a.k.a. Quartz Composer unofficial API, a.k.a. SkankySDK.
3. Build DataTools.xcodeproj. This will create the file ~/Library/Graphics/Quartz Composer Patches/DataTools.plugin.
4. Restart Quartz Composer. The patches will show up under the Kineme DataTools category.

How to run the unit tests

1. Download GHUnit and place GHUnit.framework in /Library/Frameworks/.
2. Set the Active Target to Tests.
3. Build and Run.

License

Kineme DataTools is released under the MIT License.

datatools's Issues

Input Splitters

I want to push a version of this that creates the input splitter functionality, but just categorizes them as private. Should I just create a fork for that, or are you interested in doing that to the main branch?

Won't Build

This project won't build. It results in the problem of KIEnsureSystemVersion being undeclared.

No product after Build Settings update for Xcode 4.3.2

If one likes to build DataTools with Xcode 4.3.2 on 10.7.4, you are asked to update the build settings.
After doing so, DataTools do build sucessfully but there is no product, no plugin that has been greated.

Probably a simple settings chnge -- but which ones?